Home And Garden
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The finished product! Our new addition feels like vacation
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio – I can not think it is mine. The gas hearth. The loaded hardwood flooring. The enormous light-weight-stuffed shower, the heated tile flooring and the bathroom massive plenty of for a lemon tree (on a table, no less). “You have a plant in your toilet. It appears like something out of California,” said my sister, when I gave her a tour of our attic. What was once a cold, dusty depository of off-season apparel, castoff household furniture and suitcases is now a heat, inviting bed room and lavatory suite. It took us 8 months of building, soon after 5 months of planning. It essential a personal loan…
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Century hopping: How easements preserve times past
By Susan Horne The Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission can assist residents turn into preservationists although dwelling a comfy daily life with all the contemporary facilities. The commission was set up in 1962 to preserve the City of Alexandria’s designed heritage by getting and keeping easements on the interiors of historic homes, on facades and on open up areas in the Old and Historic District. An easement primarily stops the destruction of substantial inside features of a dwelling or its façade. An open up room easement protects the gardens surrounding a historic household from encroachment. There are several places in the town that introduce the notion of productive preservation.…
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KC things to do: Holiday lights and skating, symphony,
Holiday Lights on Farmstead Lane at Deanna Rose Farmstead will run through Jan. 8. Courtesy Deanna Rose Farmstead For those who still have a bit of the holiday spirit, several light displays and other area offerings — including four outdoor ice rinks — are continuing operations into 2023. The Country Club Plaza announced that its holiday lights will be extended past the original turn-off date of Jan. 8 to Feb. 19 as part of the shopping district’s 100th anniversary celebration. Here are other better-late-than-never ways to enjoy holiday fun: ▪ Holiday Lights on Farmstead Lane, 5-11 p.m. through Jan. 8, Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead (free). opkansas.org. ▪ Gingerbread Lane, 10…
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Inside the Restoration of the Rust Mansion | Home + Garden
Photo by Derrick Louie of Clarity NW Photography The Rust Mansion on North I Street in Tacoma always has held the attention of passersby. But in recent months, the massive 118-year-old dwelling has had all eyes upon it as a major construction project sought to restore the home to its original glory. For the uninitiated, the historic residence — often referred to as “the White House of the West” — originally was designed for William Ross Rust and his family by architect Ambrose J. Russell from the Tacoma-based firm Russell and Babcock. Rust ran the American Smelting and Refining Co. in its heyday, and it is for him that the…
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Four-bed Bembridge holiday home in barn conversion with glorious views and gardens
Stanwell Barn, Hillway Street, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, is on the market with Spence Willard. (Graphic: Spence Willard) Stanwell Barn is an attractive and extremely well-appointed barn conversion vacation house nestled in gorgeous countryside on the outskirts of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. It rewards from glorious sights, gardens and a pedigree for generating holiday permit money. Scroll via the gallery of photos higher than to see additional… This stunning stone barn has been expertly remodelled into a 4-bed room holiday break property with extraordinary open-plan loved ones house and a host of one of a kind primary period of time characteristics. Isle of Wight County Push: There are some…
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Veteran camps in garden after Insch council house ceiling collapses
A council tenant who suffers from PTSD camped in his back garden in sub-zero temperatures after his ceiling collapsed just days ahead of Christmas. Michael Bardill moved into the assets in Insch 6 months in the past, and has put in some of his personal savings making it his have. But on December 17 – when temperatures had plummeted – h2o ingress commenced to look all-around the light-weight fittings. Four hundred litres of drinking water then whooshed through the ceiling. The collapse induced Mr Bardill’s PTSD, using him back to a time when he was operating as a war crimes investigator in the Balkans. Just about every area has been…
